Franklin Park is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 13,430 people and three associated neighborhoods, Franklin Park is the 144th largest community in New Jersey.Franklin Park is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Franklin Park is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Franklin Park who work in management occupations (13.82%), computer science and math (12.03%), and business and financial occupations (10.46%). Also of interest is that Franklin Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Franklin Park has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Franklin Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Franklin Park, the average commute to work is 32.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In Franklin Park, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Franklin Park is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Franklin Park is a pretty powerful place. 58.27% of the adults in Franklin Park have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Franklin Park in 2022 was $56,871, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $227,484 for a family of four. However, Franklin Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Franklin Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Franklin Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Franklin Park residents report their race to be Asian, followed by Black or African-American. Franklin Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.09% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Franklin Park include Italian, Jamaican, German, Polish, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. Franklin Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.28%. The most common language spoken in Franklin Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.
